The Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway is a

high-speed railway High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...

in China. It has a design speed of .

History

In November 2014, construction was expected to take 4.5 years. The section from Lianyungang to Huai'an opened on 16 December 2019. The remainder was expected to open on 3 December 2020, however this did not go ahead. It opened on 11 December.

Route

Heading south from

Lianyungang Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north. Its ...

, the railway splits from the

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after Dongji and continues south, serving Guanyun, Guannan, and Lianshui. The line meets the

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at Huai'an East but splits again to continue south. Three stations follow:

Baoying Baoying County () is under the administration of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. It has a population of 919,900 (2004) and a land area of . The northernmost county-level division of Yangzhou City, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Yanc ...

, Gaoyou North, and

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. From the north, both east and west connections to the

Nanjing–Qidong railway The Nanjing–Qidong railway ( zh, s=南京–启东铁路, t=南京–啟東鐵路, hp=Nánjīng–Qǐdōng tiělù), commonly referred to in short as the Ningqi railway ( zh, s=宁启铁路, t=寧啟鐵路, hp=Níngqǐ tiělù), is a higher-spe ...

are provided, but no connection is provided from the south. The line then serves Yangzhou East. The line then passes over the

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before heading west and serving Dagang South. At its southern terminus Dantu, the line joins the

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Stations

References

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